Yup, their name may sound like a bunch of blonde American indie-pop lasses but, in fact, nothing could be further from the truth.

Since Monroe are actually a four piece from Birmingham (England’s West Midlands, not Alabama) with a knack for blending grunge hooks with choruses and making music that takes their love of 90s alternative rock into the 2010s. Hell, if I was younger man I’d wanna mosh to this (those of us in the 35-44 age bracket should not mosh. It’s just wrong).

Andy Clifford and James Bradley got together with Rich and Matt Tregortha merely a year ago, so I can only deduce that they have eat, slept and breathed music between the four of them in that time, cheerfully forgetting about family, friends, jobs and partners and just got on with the business in hand of creating music, they seem that together. Either that, or they are telling a few porkies on the press release sheet, and they have actually been honing their act for far, far longer.

Whatever. This is their debut EP, entitled Lost Generation, which is released on their own Younitee label, next week.

They are touring England (but not Scotland, boo!) over the next few weeks:

23/03 Flapper and Firkin, Birmingham
24/03 The South Sea, Sheffield
08/04 Blue Rooms, Blackpool
20/04 Club Uniquity, Somerleyton
23/04 Phoenix, Coventry (acoustic show)
28/04 Wharf Bar, Walsall
01/05 O2 Academy 3, Birmingham
02/06 Waterfront Festival, Gosport
03/06 Hydrant, Brighton